Navarra Arena

The project that woke up with a bang

Next to the Estadio El Sadar, the concrete skeleton stood half-finished for years: construction on what was then the Reyno de Navarra Arena began in 2009 and halted in 2013. On September 29, 2018, the building, now as Navarra Arena, opened to the public with the Masters Codere final of pelota mano, with the fronton packed to the rafters. It was not born as a neighborhood nightclub, but as the great container that the Government of Navarre needed to schedule events on an arena scale.

A vessel that changes shape

It is managed by the public company NICDO. It has 45,685 m² of built space and architecture designed for live performance: telescopic stands that retract or deploy, curtains that adjust capacity, and two prerigging systems—fixed and mobile—to hang stages, PA, and lighting. The central court has 4,575 m² and is 18 meters high. It accommodates standing concerts, Urban or Superurban black box setups, theater, or fairs, with an advertised capacity of up to 13,613 people. A high-definition audiovisual cluster covers the hall, and the fronton adds 6x4 meter LED screens.

The fronton as a backbone

The 600 m² fronton with 3,000 seats is not an extra: it is the largest indoor fronton in Spain and can be oriented for pelota or merged with the court to enlarge the venue. Manomanista and pairs finals that Navarre had not been able to host at that scale landed there, as well as the absolute bertsolaris final of 2022, with more than 12,000 people. In 2018, Revolution on Ice turned the pavilion into an ice rink with live music and more than 10,000 attendees.

From Dylan to hard techno

The court has hosted Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Serrat, Sabina, Berri Txarrak—the first to sell out nearly 11,850 tickets, over two nights—, C. Tangana, Fito y Fitipaldis, Quevedo, or Melendi. On September 13, 2025, the Groove Festival brought rap and electro latino with Trueno and Juan Magán before some 5,000 attendees. On June 6, 2026, Blackworks—a hard techno brand, not the venue—occupied the court from 21:00 to 06:00 with some 6,000 ravers, LED screens, and a large-format clubbing night. The Navarra Arena is not a permanent nightclub; it is the pavilion where Pamplona turns an arena into a dance floor when the programming calls for it.

A venue still in motion

By 2023, the venue was approaching 750,000 attendees and nearly 400 appointments. Today it announces around 125 events per year including concerts, sports, and MICE, with the El Escondite cafeteria, underground parking, and extra bus service when there is a macro-event. It remains, attached to El Sadar, the biggest piece of Pamplona's musical leisure scene.